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MetObserver Training

It is vital that your staff understand the impact weather can have on the safety of offshore helicopter operations. MeteoGroup’s CAP 437 MetObserver Training gives your staff the knowledge they need to understand full weather reports, make confident decisions and ensure the safety of all involved.

MeteoGroup’s MetObserver Training provides your staff with all the required skills to submit an offshore weather report in accordance with the regulations set out by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

During the practical training, continuous assessment shall be made of the trainee’s ability to observe and correctly record the weather.

On completion of the training course, the trainee will be able to complete a weather report correctly and accurately. The training is based on the example offshore report in the CAA’s CAP437 Offshore Helicopter Landing Areas Standards.

Weather Phenomena Principals

Correctly Record and Understand Data

This training equips you with the knowledge you need to correctly read recordings from automated weather sensors and identify the hazardous impact that different weather can have on helicopter operations.

Decode METAR & TAF

Learn how to decode routine aviation weather reports and understand the expected weather conditions at an airport during a specified period.

State-of-the-Art Technology

There are strict rules for the weather conditions in which we are allowed to transport the heavy foundations. To use personnel and material efficiently, we need accurate weather data, tailored specifically to our location.

Andreas Wellbrock, Director BLG Logistics Wind Energy

MeteoGroup is the first place to go if the weather can impact your business. Keep up the great work, and thank you to the staff.

Simon Cardy, Senior Meteorologist, SSE

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Tailored specifically to your needs, our offshore forecasts include fixed-location, aviation, long-range and towing and route forecasts. Delivered by email or visible any time via our website, you and your full team can accurately plan your tasks and avoid costly unexpected downtime.

Schedule and prioritize tasks with our interactive web-based forecasting tool, which calculates the probability of operational weather windows meeting certain weather thresholds within a set time period.

Whether you are calculating weather factors into pricing or planning, or really need design criteria, our bespoke metocean reports are tailored specifically to your needs to help you make the best planning and design decisions with the best data and analysis at your fingertips.

It is vital that your staff understand the impact weather can have on the safety of offshore helicopter operations. MeteoGroup’s CAP 437 Metobserver Training gives your staff the knowledge they need to understand full weather reports, make confident decisions and ensure the safety of all involved.